YEREVAN. – At this point, we have no information on finding [former Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces and ex-Defense Minister of Armenia] Mikayel Harutyunyan in any country.

The Prosecutor General of Armenia, Artur Davtyan, on Thursday told the aforementioned to Armenian News-NEWS.am.

When asked whether it was finally determined as to which country’s citizen Harutyunyan is, the attorney general responded that respective inspections were still in progress.

According to Russian media, Mikayel Harutyunyan is a Russian citizen, and Russia is not going to extradite him to Armenia.

Former Defense Minister Mikayel Harutyunyan has been charged in Armenia within the framework of the criminal case into the tragic events that transpired in capital city Yerevan on March 1 and 2, 2008—and under Article 300.1 Paragraph 1 of the Criminal Code; that is, breaching Armenia’s constitutional order, in conspiracy with others. But since Harutyunyan is not in Armenia, an international arrest warrant for him was declared. Subsequently, however, Russian mass reported that Russia halted the search for Harutyunyan in the country.

On March 1 and 2, 2008, the then authorities used force against the opposition members who were rallying in downtown Yerevan, and against the results of the recent presidential election. Eight demonstrators as well as two servicemen of the internal troops were killed in the clashes. But no one had been brought to account for these deaths, to this day.